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Campus Construction Update for March 3-9

March 1, 2013 — These are among the construction activities
scheduled March 3-9 at the University of Wyoming.

Breaking
Ground -- UW and state elected officials will break ground
at 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 8, for the Michael B. Enzi STEM Facility, a new
undergraduate laboratory facility in the science, technology, engineering and
mathematics fields. Read more.

No
Heat in Ross -- Heat will be shut off in Ross Hall Wednesday, March
6, from 6 a.m.-2:30 p.m., to allow crews to repair heat valves. Building
occupants have been notified.

The
UW Facilities Planning Office reports the
following activities for the week:

ESCo
Project
(Energy Services Company) -- Long Energy Services Co. employees and contractors
will work on lighting retrofits at the Centennial Complex first and fourth
floors. This will have some impact on occupants. Workers will wear identifying
badges.

College
of Education Annex Canopy andConnection (North of Education
Building and east of Education Annex; scheduled completion August 2013) --
Preconstruction tasks for the project are under way. Limited and sporadic
non-construction activity at the project site may be occurring. Access to and
through the project site remains unaffected.

Education
Annex – Literacy Research Center and Clinic (Lower floor, Education Annex;
scheduled completion January 2014) -- Preconstruction tasks for the project are
under way. Limited and sporadic non-construction activity at the project site
may occur prior to the start of asbestos abatement in mid-March. Closure of the
lower floor of the Education Annex is anticipated at any time.

University
of Wyoming/Casper College Student Union (UW/CC Student Union, scheduled
completion November 2013) -- The primary building enclosure is complete,
allowing interior construction activities to proceed on or ahead of schedule.
Rough-in construction is 85 percent complete throughout UW/CC third- and
fourth-floor spaces, and preliminary finish construction has started in limited
areas. Overall project construction is approximately 68 percent complete.

Energy
Innovation Center
(formerly ERC, at 1020 Lewis St.) -- Lewis Street remains closed during
construction. School of Energy Resources and Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute
personnel now occupy the EIC. First- and second-floor labs are being prepared
for researchers. Access to main campus now includes the passage between
Engineering and the new EIC, along with access between or through Earth
Sciences and the Berry Center. Access to the EIC north entrance will be on
Lewis from the east along Lewis. Parking will be limited in areas around
construction. Limited handicapped parking may be available south of the EIC and
west of the Engineering Building.

Work on
the third-floor lab and 3-D visualization space will be ongoing. Congestion and
traffic on Lewis continues. Watch for UW and contractors’ trucks and equipment.

Enzi
STEM Facility
(Scheduled completion June 2015) -- Work on the site will slow down and
involve removing stockpiled material.

White
Hall Renovations
-- New installations continue on the sixth through 12th floors. Rough-in
installations continue in the basement through fifth floor. Window replacement
is complete on the fifth through 12th floors, and will continue down each
floor. The new east entry block walls are starting this week, weather
permitting. Fencing is placed around the area. The west parking lot will be
closed until summer 2013.

Performing
Arts Center
(Fine Arts, scheduled completion spring 2015) -- The contractor will fence off
about one-fourth of the parking lot and set its trailers.

The
UW Physical Plant
reports the following activities for the week. Please direct questions to the
service desk, 766-6225.

Snow
Removal
-- Physical Plant crews will remove snow as needed throughout the season. Watch
for snow removal equipment, be careful and safe during snow events, and call
the service desk at 766-6225 to report ice spots and problem areas.

Wildcatter
Stadium Lobby
-- Repairs are ongoing to the lobby ceiling. Please use caution in this area.

Sorority
Row
-- Crews are working to isolate and repair a leaking water line in the area
north of the Tri Delta house near the street. Please be aware of moving
equipment in the area.

Earth
Sciences Building
-- Painting operations in the hallways will continue this week. Please use
caution around painting crews and equipment.

Anthropology
Building
-- Due to investigation and repairs of a water leak on the first floor, access
to the Lewis Street entrance may be closed intermittently for short
periods. Work will be ongoing on the exterior walls above the entry canopy
roof. Entry demolition, insulation and reconstruction are planned for March
15-24. Please use the building’s west entrance when the Lewis Street entrance
is barricaded. Exercise caution in work areas.

Geology
Building
-- Renovations to Classroom 216 are ongoing. Please use caution around crews
and equipment in this area.

Physical
Sciences Building
-- Modifications to the liquid nitrogen tank on the north side of the building
are ongoing. Please use caution in this area.

Beta
House
-- Construction is substantially complete and punch list items are being
completed.

Wyoming
Technology Business Center -- Repairs to the steam service line are complete.